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Years of service
  
1918–45 1957–61


Name
  
Rolf Johannesson

Rolf Johannesson Kpt z See Rolf Johannesson Kdt del zerstrer Hermes RK 712

Born
  
22 July 1900 Berlin (
1900-07-22
)

Died
  
6 December 1989(1989-12-06) (aged 89) Hamburg

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Service/branch
  
Kaiserliche Marine  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  German Navy

Rank
  
Konteradmiral (Kriegsmarine) Konteradmiral (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
Z15 Erich Steinbrinck ZG 3 Hermes

Rolf Johannesson (22 July 1900 – 6 December 1989) was a German admiral during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He joined the post-war Bundesmarine in 1957 and retired in 1961 as a Konteradmiral.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (19 July 1919)
  • Destroyer War Badge (1940)
  • Iron Cross (1939) 1st (6 November 1939) & 1st Class (15 December 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 12 February 1942 as Fregattenkapitän on Z-15 "Erich Steinbrinck"
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 December 1942 as Kapitän zur See and commander of destroyer Hermes
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (12 June 1961)

    • References

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